Fwd: AID Troy/Albany, NY invites you to meet Selva Ganapathy for a discussion on the Quality of Children's Education in India

[prahalad r]

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AID Troy/Albany, NY invites you to meet Selva Ganapathy for a discussion on the Quality of Children's Education in India. 

Where: Mothers Lounge, RPI Union, 15th Street, Troy, NY RPI 

When: June 24th, 6:30 pm. 

RSVP: Email: aid...@gmail.com Phone: 518-629-5924

Refreshments (Free food/snacks :-0)) will be served. 

Directions

http://map.rpi.edu/index.php/Rensselaer_Union

Information about Selva Ganapathy, Volunteer & Intern Coordinator Eureka Child Program. 

Selva Ganapathy works with IIT Madras, Chemical Engineering Dept, as a Technical Superindentent & has been volunteering with AID Chennai in developing their flagship education initiative, Eureka Child Program, since 2004. He has been instrumental in coordinating a lot of volunteers to contribute their time in our programs and also have mobilized a lot of people to adopt Eureka SuperKidz villages. Selva also organizes Eureka Run every year to raise funds as well as awareness about Eureka Programs.

The following is the abstract on Advocacy for Quality Education talk which he may talk during his visit to US.

More info on Eureka Child on www.eurekachild.org

*****Abstract on Advocacy for Quality Education******

The Eureka team in Tamilnadu has been working for the past many years towards ensuring quality education for all children. Recently, we have launched a campaign titled "Every Child Can" to advocate for the cause of quality education among various stakeholders in education. College students, people from various NGOs, working professionals and volunteers from different backgrounds have started participating in this campaign. The first step in the campaign is a "learning audit" (similar to a social audit conducted by groups like MKSS) conducted by volunteers in the community and sharing the results using simple language that they can understand.

In this presentation, we will talk about learning audits carried out in more than 150 villages as part of the Every Child Can campaign, how it has empowered poor parents and community members and the next steps in taking the campaign to a larger group of people.

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Selva has previously volunteered with AID Delhi when he was a student at IIT - Delhi. He is an avid blogger and has written numerous short stories. His personal blog is http://www.emotionalfool.in/. 

He was recently chosen for the iVolunteer Hero Award 2013. Below is a testament of this award. 

About AID

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Association for India's Development (AID) is a non-profit

group working towards social change in India, through grassroots

development projects. We work in a wide range of areas including

health, education, women's empowerment, microfinance, and rural

development. For more information visit www.aidindia.org.

AID Inc is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Our tax-id

is 04-3652609. To obtain a copy of the current financial statement

please write to: AID, P.O. Box "F", College Park, MD 20741-3005.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Thothadri Srinivasan <thothadri....@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:19 AM
Subject: [Eureka Volunteers] Join us in congratulating Selva - Volunteer Hero
To: "eureka-chenn...@googlegroups.com" <eureka-chenn...@googlegroups.com>
Cc: Selva Ganapathy <aid....@gmail.com>

Dear Volunteers,

Good Afternoon. We are extremely thrilled to let you know that our own Selva has got the prestigious iVolunteer Hero Award 2013 in a function at Mumbai day before yesterday. He has been chosen for the award in spite of stiff competitions from various active volunteers across India. It's a proud moment for all of us.  

He comes from a very modest background from the interiors of southern Tamilnadu. He has been volunteering with AID India/Eureka for more than 10 years. Due to his unflinching zeal to serve the needy, he has demonstrated great qualities to lead volunteer movements both in Delhi & in Chennai. He has not only coordinated projects/ volunteers but also has actively took part in various campaigns as an activist. He has inspired and led many of us consistently for over a decade and he deserves every bit of this iVolunteer award. 

Please join us in congratulating our volunteer Hero Selva on this special occasion.

Warm Regards,

Thoths

On behalf of Eureka Child Foundation

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